sescuplus

sescuplus

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Latin sēsqui-
Proto-Italic *-plosder.
Latin -plus
Latin sēscuplus

    From sēsqui- (“one and a half”) + -plus (“-fold”).

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    sēscuplus (feminine sēscupla, neuter sēscuplum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. sesquialterate, sescuple; one and a half times as much, having the ratio of three parts to two
      • early 7th c. CE, Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae sive Origines 1.17:[1]
        In his duobus per divisionem pedes legitimi colliguntur. Aequa divisio est quotiens arsis et thesis aequali temporum divisione caeduntur. Dupla, quotiens ex his unum alterum duplo vincit. Sescupla vero est, quotiens unum alterum sescuplo superat. In simpla enim eius parte unus plus invenitur: in dupla unus minus habetur. Sescum enim dimidium dicitur.
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    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative sēscuplus sēscupla sēscuplum sēscuplī sēscuplae sēscupla
    genitive sēscuplī sēscuplae sēscuplī sēscuplōrum sēscuplārum sēscuplōrum
    dative sēscuplō sēscuplae sēscuplō sēscuplīs
    accusative sēscuplum sēscuplam sēscuplum sēscuplōs sēscuplās sēscupla
    ablative sēscuplō sēscuplā sēscuplō sēscuplīs
    vocative sēscuple sēscupla sēscuplum sēscuplī sēscuplae sēscupla

    Etymology 2

    From sexcuplus (“sixfold”) with simplification of -x- to -s-, either as part of the general tendency to simplify [ks] to [s] before a consonant, or more specifically by the dissimilation of [ksk] to [sk] also seen in words such as sescentī, escendō.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    sescuplus (feminine sescupla, neuter sescuplum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. alternative form of sexcuplus

    References

    1. ^ Isidore of Seville: The Etymologies (or Origins). Book 1. Edited by W. M. Lindsay, first published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1911. Republished online at LacusCurtius by Bill Thayer.

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